I used to live and work in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. I've been in the House and Senate office buildings for work reasons. (I was not a Hill staffer.) I have been to many protests, for movements that I agree with like reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ rights. I've been a counter-protester against hate groups. I have never seen DC look like what I am seeing on TV now. (I am not there now. I now live outside the District.)
Certification of the vote has been paused because Congress is locked down. Protesters are inside the Capitol. House offices have been evacuated due to a reported pipe bomb. Trump supporters are breaching barricades and climbing the walls. This is not what happens in western democracies. Trump is encouraging this.
This has never happened before. Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building at his urging and whipping up of violence.
This man is destroying the fabric of our democracy.
Congress members are protecting themselves under desks per Brendan Boyle.
This is not democracy.
Republicans in office have not done enough to stop this. This is wrong. Unprecedented and wrong.
What these protesters don't seem to realise is the world is watching them, they don't seem to care how the USA is viewed from overseas clearly. But at the same time see themselves as Patriotic , they are just Pathetic. ,
I hope you all get through this Joe Biden, the Democrats along with the Senate / Congress / House of Representatives can rebuild the USA.
@zleap The people doing this are ones who think the United States is the center of the universe. The number of MAGA hats and Gadsden flags in a crowd is probably inversely proportional to the number of people who have passports, speak a second language, or even occasionally read the international section of the newspaper or watch news from any other country. @TonyStark
I think somehow you need to address that, the immigration system needs to encourage travel back in 2006 I took part in the https://www.bunac.org/ work / travel programme.
Work / travel overseas needs to be encouraged and valued in all countries, for cultural education if nothing else.
Granted I was in Canada but the programme was really good and it was great to have the opportunity to travel and work where I did.
